Top ‘7’ Dishes Of Sri Lanka That You Cannot Miss!

The national cuisine of Sri Lanka is distinguished by spiciness and spiciness, while it is rather difficult to call it diverse and refined. Many dishes use coconut milk, a mixture of spices and sections like curry, cardamom, cloves, cumin, cinnamon, coriander. Sri Lankans are happy to eat fish, prepare a huge selection of dishes from rice and rice flour. The culinary traditions of Sri Lanka's national cuisine are very similar to those of Asian cuisine.

The traditional menu is dominated by vegetables, fish, seafood and, of course, rice with a lot of seasonings. Culinary preferences of the Sri Lankans formed under the influence of Indian cuisine. Products for Indian dishes are heat treatable, and on the island, they prefer to preserve the natural taste and benefits of the ingredients. The Sri Lanka small group tours are available at the affordable price if you want to taste the food in the group.

However, here we explain the ‘7’ dishes of Sri Lanka that you cannot miss:

 Hoppers and String Hoppers 

This dish has a very ancient history, a recipe is found dated around the 1st century BC. Rice flour dough is baked in such a way that the final product is something like a “cup” with crispy edges and a soft center. Hoppers eat with curry or cook the Sri Lankan fried eggs. String hoppers have also been cooked in the country since time immemorial. The dough contains water, rice flour and a lot of vegetable oil. Thin vermicelli is cut from it. For this, people use a special apparatus. From these strings, nests are formed and steamed. String hoppers are served with coconut, watered with coconut milk.

Kiribati

Kiribati is necessarily included in the buffet menu. This very simple dish has a delicate and pleasant taste. Rice is cooked in coconut milk until thickened, then cut into diamonds. The Sri Lankans themselves eat Kiribati for breakfast almost every day, cook for different holidays and are sure to serve on the New Year's table. Simple Kiribati tastes like rice pudding, only with the scent of coconut. There are special recipes like rice is seasoned with fried onions and chilli peppers and watered with lemon juice. 

Fish in Curry

Fish in Sri Lanka is adored, it is eaten fried, boiled, dried, rubbed fine and added to the curry. Fish Ambul Thiyal is a dish with an original sour taste. The main secret of liquid gravy, in which pieces of dried fish are boiled. The fish is stewed for a long time in a clay pot until all the liquid has evaporated. Fish Ambul Thiyal is a spicy dish in itself but it is customary to jam with green chilli pods.

Roti 

Some Russian tourists call this dish Sri Lankan shawarma. There is indeed an external resemblance, only the cooking method is completely different, and not only meat is put inside. Finely rub the dried coconut pulp, knead the batter and bake cakes from it and rice flour. Roti's fillings are different like a banana with pineapple and condensed milk, vegetables, meat. Almost always roti is made very sharp with the help of hot seasonings. In front of visitors' eyes, the chef deftly watered a hot pan with dough, then stretches a large hot pancake to an almost transparent state and deftly wraps the filling in a cake by constructing a dodgy envelope. Roti offers several types of curry, fresh vegetables and fruits.

Kottu 

A very popular dish in Sri Lanka, which is worth a try for every tourist. It consists of chopped coconut roti mixed with the fried vegetables. The dish is spicy. Kottu is the most popular street food in Sri Lanka. In restaurants, it is not prepared as tasty as in ordinary eateries or in markets. It is easy to find out that a kottu is being fried near you like the sound of metal blades used to chop roti is heard from afar.

Lamprais

Lamprais is very unusual street food in Sri Lanka. The local residents are preparing it not only for tourists. Rice is fried with onions and spices in oil and then boiled in meat broth. Curry is added to it like meat, vegetables, spices. All this is wrapped in a banana leaf, and baked with deep-fried. Such a dish is rarely prepared outside Sri Lanka, so it’s definitely worth a try.

 Nasi Goreng 

Very popular street food in Sri Lanka, which you can try in hotels or at any eateries. Nasi goreng is rice with eggs, vegetables, seafood or meat. This is not a spicy dish at all. Nasi goreng is the same but with noodles instead of rice. Both dishes are quite substantial. It is difficult to attribute them to the national cuisine of any Asian country, as rice and noodles are fried everywhere. In Sri Lanka, rice with seafood is especially delicious. It is such a simple but breathtakingly delicious dish.

Conclusion

Before you travel to Sri Lanka, be sure to check out the great guide on Sri Lanka tour. We have compiled a convenient list of the most interesting goods that you can bring home for yourself or as a gift to loved ones. Each dish is a unique bouquet of spices, they give the exotic taste and aroma of Sri Lankan treats.